Page table pages are normally freed using the appropriate helper for the given page table level. On x86, pud_free_pmd_page() and pmd_free_pte_page() are an exception to the rule: they call free_page() directly.
Constructor/destructor calls are about to be introduced for kernel PTEs. To avoid missing dtor calls in those helpers, free the PTE pages using pte_free_kernel() instead of free_page(). While at it also use pmd_free() instead of calling pagetable_dtor() explicitly at the PMD level. Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brod...@arm.com> --- arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c index 7930f234c5f6..1dee9bdbeea5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c @@ -809,14 +809,13 @@ int pud_free_pmd_page(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr) for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PMD; i++) { if (!pmd_none(pmd_sv[i])) { pte = (pte_t *)pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_sv[i]); - free_page((unsigned long)pte); + pte_free_kernel(&init_mm, pte); } } free_page((unsigned long)pmd_sv); - pagetable_dtor(virt_to_ptdesc(pmd)); - free_page((unsigned long)pmd); + pmd_free(&init_mm, pmd); return 1; } @@ -839,7 +838,7 @@ int pmd_free_pte_page(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr) /* INVLPG to clear all paging-structure caches */ flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE-1); - free_page((unsigned long)pte); + pte_free_kernel(&init_mm, pte); return 1; } -- 2.47.0